Self-feeding soldering-iron.



H. A. ORME.

SELF FEEDING SOLDERING IRON. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6. I9I5.

LQ. Paented Aug. 31, i915.

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HARRY A. ORME, 0F KVSHI'NGTN, DSTPCT GTS' CLMBIA.

SFiiF-FEEDING SLD'ERING-RON.

Specification of 'Letters .Patent Application tled February 6, 1915.

To all 111710771 it may oon/vorn Be it known that L HARRY A. 0mm, acitizen oi the 1United States. residing; at lVashington. Dist-riet ofgColumbia, hare invented a new and useful Selig-Feeding: Soldering-Iron,of which the tollowin.;f is a specification.

'T his invention relates generallyY to hand soldering irons. and moreparticularly to one in which the solder is fed to the iron in a solidcondition, and i'iows therefrom roajljv for application. thereinYavoiding the necessity of holdin;Y the stick of solder in one hand andapplying the heated end of the iron thereto hy the other hand.

Another object oi the invention is to provide a tool which will oarrT aConsiderable amount ot solder in compact ,torni and which is fed ,asneeded to the, iron whereas before, stated it is-nielted and caused toflow at the proper point ready for smoothing hy the point of the iron.

Another object 01' the invintion is to provide tool of this kind with asuitable easily' operated hand feeding mechanism for the purpose ofsupplying' the iron Jfrom time to time, with proper quantities otsolder.

Another ohjeotot' the invention is to pro Vido a` tool having" thesolder earrving means of such size. and shape and so arranged that theiron can be rested upon the usual hydrocarbon torches now in use Jforthe purpose ot heating" the iron. Y

*With these, various objects in view my invention consists in the novel'features of construction, combination.1 o' arrangement all otwhich willhe fully desorihed hereinafter and pointed out in the ciairns. A

ln the drawings formingx a part of this specification Figure l, is aView oi a tool ernl'iodyinp; my invention. Fig. l is a loir gitudinalsectional View of the same sli owingT the iron adapted for heavy work. 3is a set-,tional Yview of an iron ipartioniarijg.7 adapted for small ortine work. Fig. 4; is a section on the line 4--4 ot Fig. l. Fig. 5 is anenlarged detail View oi one form of the solder feeding means`r and,Fig'. 6

a View showingY a slightly modified eonstrucv tion of the feeding means.7 is a pen speotive View of the head shown in Fig. 3.

ln constructing a fooi inaocordanee with my invention i employ an ironhead which has ay passage B, extended longitufdinall)7 and centrallythrough the same, it heing-undorttood that this iorrn of iron is SerialNo. 6.51

internled it'or l ea'ry work and is adapted to disrhal'e, the moltensolder at the Jforward end oi' the. head. this head beingA pointed shownafter the usual manner ot soldering iron. I

The rear end o? the passage B is threaded `and the vt'orwa rd end of atube (l, is threaded into said rear end. said tuhe heinf of such sire asto permit a strand of solder l). to he passed tlnrethrmurh and as thepassage is of the saine size. the. solder will he. passe from the tulaeinto the head and when iI reaches the forward end of said head the heatwill he suiiirient to nielt the saine and HUIS@ it i0 fion' out at the.forward. end ollowingr the path oi the acid upon the nieta to hesoldered.

The tuhe C is oi a length suited to the size and weight of the head andupon the rear end thereof is placed a wooden handle u, the tubo C,extending' entiiwel;v througi said han die as shown. The torwaid end oifthe handle is slightly reduced as usual and is provided with anenoirrlingi metallic ieri-nie, E. and fastened upon thisterrule is al'fifnr rated yoke or support i?. within which is mounted a reel G.lniviir;T a eontinuous strand of solder l), coiled thereon. the outerend of such strand bains; carried oli oi" the reni. and passed arourulinto the rear end of tulie C. where it is forced along;` into thesoldering' head f1.. where' tor-ward end i melted and Caused to tiow outas previousiy Adesrrihed. and asA resh quantities are de sired thesolder unreeled and fed through the handle and tnlwe to the head ot theiron.

in Fig. E it will he noted thatfthe pass i3", does not extend Centrallythrough the. iron and 'it will aso .he noted that 'it slightlyY contraVas slaiwn at B. and still further Contracted and inclined upwardijfshown at B3, so it emerges not at the. point of the iron` 'out a shortdistance haelt o? and above said on z. oi` iron which have found to hepartieu: iarly well. adapted for small and fine work., the melting oi'the solder4 taking' piane in the portions B2, and F33. o? the passageand emerging' upon the pointed it {iows to the place desired, and thesmoothing process can he earried on the s'nras usual. l

'iter the tool such as have desorihed. has heen used the strand oicsolder ran he drawn out` and o v shaking the iron the solder remainingin the head can he thrown.

This is the torni end down which.

